xix, 204 pages : 26 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index

Foreword / Dr. Lester Grinspoon -- Foreword / Dr. William A. Emboden -- Bum Shankar!: In the Beginning Were the Shamans -- Ma: Hemp in the Chinese Herbal Arts -- Kamanin: Hemp in Japanese Medicine -- Vijaya: Hemp in Ayurvedic Medicine -- Bhanga: Hemp in Indian and Nepalese Folk Medicine -- Myan rtsi spras: Hemp in Tibetan Medicine -- Kancha: Hemp in Southeast Asian Medicine -- Penka: The Hemp Ritual of the Scythians -- Nascha: Hemp in Russian Folk Medicine -- Azallu-Qannapu: Hemp in Southwest Asia -- Smsmt: Hemp among the Pharaohs -- Kannabion -- Cannabis: Hemp in the Medicine of Antiquity -- Hashish: Hemp in Islamic-Arabic Medical Doctrines -- Hanaf: The Herb of the Germanic Goddess of Love -- De Hanf-Cannabus: Hemp in Hildegard's Medicine -- Hempe: Hemp among the Fathers of Botany -- Distillates: Hemp in Alchemy -- Home Remedies: Hemp in Folk Medicine -- Dagga: Hemp in Sub-Saharan Africa -- Kif: Hemp in North Africa -- Ganja: Hemp and Rastafarianism -- Kinnickinik: Hemp among the North American Indians -- Marijuana: Hemp in Curanderismo -- Maconha: Hemp in Brazilian Folk Medicine -- Dilutions: Hemp in Homeopathy -- Dope: Hemp in Modern Self-Medication -- THC and Analogs: Hemp in Scientific Medicine -- Perspectives for Hemp and World Health -- List of Diseases and Medical Systems -- Hemp Substitutes

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